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Rhythm is 50% of music so it is important that you understand rhythm and practice rhythm in specific. Here I show you the basic 16th note figures which appear in rock guitar and how to practice them. This tutorial is a " MUST HAVE " for any rock guitar player. Here you can download the files associated to this tutorial here : If you need any further assistance please book a private online guitar lesson here : https://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/members/store/category/1-private-online-guitar-lessons/

First Classic Rock Guitar Riff This was my first classic rock guitar riff which I learnt from a friend back when I started guitar and here I show you how to play it. It's easy, fun and sounds great. Here you can download the attached files to this tutorial : If you have any questions please ask it in this post below or book a private online guitar lesson.

Here you can learn how to build up a typical 8 bars 80's rock solo in the key of Em the very easy but effectiv way. Easy 80s Rock Solo.pdf slow rock em.mp3

Here you can learn how to play an expressive blues-rock rhythm guitar. Blues rock riffs are often very simple music forms which probably sound a little bit boring if you repeat the same thing all over again. In this tutorial I am showing you a few tricks how you can create an expressive rhythm guitar by working with your volume knob or your volume pedal or by attacking the guitar strings harder or adding little guitar gimmicks in the rhythm guitar parts. Music is often pretty similar than like telling a story you start from A and go to B by putting up the dramaturgy. This way make it more interesting for the listener to follow the story you are telling. That is the main trick to make simple music from sound very interesting and engaging. In this tutorial you learn the essential tricks with distorted guitar and distorted sounds. The guitar if I am playing is taken from my song Back On The Road. Expressive Blues Rock Rhythm Guitar.pdf Expressive Blues Rock Rhythm Guitar.gp back on the road Am 80.mp3

And this tutorial you can learn the basics of a creative slow rock improvisation concept by understanding structure of a guitar riff, the rhythm and how to alter the guitar chords by still keeping the main rhythm pattern going on. In this case it is a very easy rock figure. It's E5 to C5 to D5 and the second part is A5 to C5 and D5. First I show you the simple version of the figure and then get into more sophisticated settings and patterns and riffs. creative slow rock concept.pdf creative slow rock concept.gp creative slow rock concept.mp3

Hey Nick, thanks for your feedback. Yeah this one is not so hard to play. The figure played at 7:39 is this one : E |----------------------------|| B |--------8--10L10------------|| G |-----9-----11L11------------|| D |--10-------12L12------------|| A |----------------------------|| E |----------------------------||

Thats a good suggestion for a new tutorial. I think I do that as soon as possible.

Here you can learn a cool Speed Metal Riff played on a Drop D tuning on 170 BPM. I got the inspiration from the Fast Finger B*!$%? Speed Metal Riff.pdf speed metal backing track D 170.mp3

Here's an easy slow 80s roff riff which contains all important techniques which make a riff sound cool and typical for the genre. Slow Rock Riff Em.pdf slow rock em.mp3